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- Congress funds grapegrowers; Farm Bill funds research, pest prevention and more
- The latest U.S. Farm Bill, which defines farm policy for a period of five years, for the first time seriously addresses the needs of specialty crop producers--including those of grapes and wine. The legislation includes numerous new assistance opportunities for specialty crop industry needs, including marketing, research and pest management....
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Washington outlook
- After more than 18 months of debate and deliberation, Congress passed the Farm Bill (HR 2419), officially titled the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007. The bill, which passed 318-106 in the House and 81-15 in the Senate, has been hailed as a bipartisan effort since many of those...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- An ugly Heritage: the poor man's national park; the citizen's burden
- A FEW years ago, Lee Ott was driving around his vegetable farm in Yuma, Ariz., when he spotted a crew of surveyors putting stakes in his land. "I stopped and asked them what was going on," he recalls. It turned out they were marking the boundaries of the Yuma Crossing...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Letters to the editor
- Help from outside What is the deal with Jim Ryun having a fundraiser in Texas? Radio news said Texas Gov. Rick Perry hosted the event for our own former Kansas congressman. Maybe Tom DeLay was there. He and his PACs were certainly beneficial to Ryun when they were...
- Research articles 2007-07-26
- Washington outlook
- Political brinkmanship is the current focus of attention in Washington, DC. The debate over the emergency supplemental spending bill, primarily for the Iraq war, appears to be leading Congress and the President toward a major political showdown. Nevertheless, there is a great need for Congress and the President to get...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- The Farm Credit System
- Will the HORIZONS program plow us under?The Farm Credit System, a tax-advantaged government-sponsored enterprise, was created in 1916 and expanded in 1933 to meet agricultural financing needs. At the time, banks were barred from providing to farmers and ranchers the full range of financing they needed. The FCS's lending power...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Editorial | Farm Aid
- Every five years, Congress pays homage to the American farmer. Then it gives away the farm. The forum is the farm bill, due for renewal again in 2007. Legislators love the bill's vote-getting ideals: securing family farms; bolstering rural economies; ensuring safe food; preserving the land. Those would be worthy...
- Research articles 2006-12-17
- Washington outlook
- As a Congressional election year, 2006 was expected to be a year in which Congress might have difficulty getting much done. Given the short time in session and the tendency--or need--to focus on the politics rather than the substance of issues, there is often little forward movement in election years....
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- Banking industry criticizes FCS Horizons Project
- The Horizons Project proposed by the Farm Credit System has drawn criticism from the banking industry.John M. Blanchfield, director of the American Bankers Association Center for Agricultural & Rural Banking, commented, "Today is the kickoff of a very well choreographed, sophisticated public relations campaign by the Farm Credit System that...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Bush team may draft next Farm Bill.(USA)(Brief Article)
- The Bush administration in the US is considering drafting its own version of a new Farm Bill later this year, according to US-based consultancy Informa Economics. This would be a departure from the normal practice in recent years, whereby the two houses of Congress...
- Research articles 2005-06-10
- Farm Aid Calls for Immediate Ban on Downed Animals and Enforcement of Ruminant Feed Ban to Ensure Safety of Nation's Food Supply
- SOMERVILLE, Mass., Dec. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following yesterday's reported discovery of a cow infected with Mad Cow Disease in Washington state, Farm Aid called for an immediate ban on the acceptance of downed cattle at U.S. feedlots and slaughterhouses and firm enforcement of the current ban on ruminant feed....
- Research articles 2003-12-24
- AFFI's Chef Challenge media event highlights the numerous benefits of frozen foods
- Recently, AFFI hosted its Chef Challenge media luncheon event at New York City's renowned Flatotel. In an effort to demonstrate the extensive usage of frozen food products as ingredients for menu items within the foodservice sector and in the homes of consumers, AFFI invited three acclaimed chefs to compete against...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Banks should keep an eye on Farm Credit System expansion
- When I began making agricultural loans in 1979, the ag credit market was very orderly in the Texas Panhandle. If you needed a long-term agriculture real estate loan, Federal Land Bank was the place for you. If you were a young, beginning or small farmer, or a farmer with very...
- Research articles 2003-11-01
- When will terra firma quake? U.S. farmland values are stomping the stock market. But with farm incomes crumbling, is real estate still rock solid or ready for a correction?(Cover Story)
- Forgive Les Imboden if he sounds a little harried. The clock is ticking on his 1031 tax-free exchange, he's just popped out of a five-hour meeting with realtors and he has another 1,850-acre farm to scout this afternoon. He's been carrying a bottle of antacid lately ...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- US bond not all rosy, says PM.
- Jun 12, 2002 The West Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, has called on US legislators to consider the effects of the US Farm Bill on Australian farmers. Howard has used his address to the US Congress to raise Australian...
- Research articles 2002-06-12
- K-State to host farm bill seminars
- K-State Research and Extension MANHATTAN --- With the Farm Bill of 1996 set to expire at the end of September 2002, Kansas State University's Department of Agricultural Economics will host a series of Farm Bill Seminars in January and February at 11 sites around the state. ...
- Research articles 2002-01-06
- Washington outlook - Clippings - environmental policy - Brief Article
- The September 11 terrorist attacks and later anthrax letters have thrown legislative schedules and priorities into disarray. There's heightened uncertainty about whether and how key pieces of forestry legislation--such as the FY 2002 Interior Appropriations bill and the 2002 Farm Bill which AMERICAN FORESTS helped craft--would move. However, extraordinary determination...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- National: state leaders shape federal farm policy. (excellence in action: spotlighting CSG activities, events, resources and affiliated organizations)
- The Council of State Governments convened the State Government Forum on the 2002 Farm Bill on Nov. 4-6 in Washington, D.C. The national forum brought together state legislative- and executive-branch officials to make recommendations on the nation's farm policy. Twenty-nine state officials representing 19 states participated. The goal...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- The making of the 1996 farm act
- Schertz, Lyle P., and Otto C. Doering, Ill. The Making of The 1996 Farm Act. Ames IA: Iowa State University Press, 1999, 206 pp., $44.95. The Making of the 1996 Farm Act is an important book. That was not my assumption before I read it. While the authors, Lyle...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Bitter Harvest.(laws governing agriculture)(Brief Article)
- It's harvest time on the Great Plains: The corn is tall, the wheat is ripe and farmers should be heading into their fields with a sense of sweet anticipation. But they are not. The worst agricultural slump in more than a decade has swept across the Midwest,...
- Research articles 1999-10-11
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